Thursday, January 26, 2017

Jesus Begins Ministry

23Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. 24News about him spread all over Syria, and people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed; and he healed them. 25Large crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis,g Jerusalem, Judea and the region across the Jordan followed him. (Matthew 4:23-25)

Thoughts: Jesus taught good news, and lived good news.  He helped people, healing them.  His ministry was threefold: preaching, teaching, and healing.  His popularity grew even to the Gentile community.  In some ways Matthew was seeing in the following of the Gentiles in the beginning as a foreshadowing of of the faith opening up at last to the whole world.  Jesus was not just the King of the Jews- He was the god of all.  All people need to hear the good news.  All people need more hope, more love, more grace, more heart.

Prayer: Lord, help me to spread good news wherever I go.  

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